About This Book

Get a cell phone.

Stay home alone.

Go to the mall with best friend and No Parents.

Wear makeup.

Get contact lenses.

Attend a boy-girl party.

And so much more.

Rory Swenson has been waiting her whole life to turn twelve. And she’s got a list to prove it. Whenever Rory asks her parents for something, they always say, "When you’re twelve, when you’re twelve, when you’re twelve." Well, in exactly 18 hours, 36 minutes, and 52 seconds, it will finally happen. Rory’s life will officially begin! Fun, funny, and full of surprises, this is a story about wanting to finally grow up, even when the universe seems to be telling you to wait.